Other than with a big stick!
OK, it's been mentioned before and it's just an idea but the time has come for proper, coordinated action. Here is the plan:
Get an indelible pen (available on-line) but a lot of CD Markers are just as good and write your name and address on your TV, DVD, Laptop etc. For the less intelligent amongst us not over the screen eh?
Now I KNOW that it won't stop petty crime BUT a lot of petty thieves pass their stuff on to a middle man for cash. In turn, the fence will not pay the same money for an item that was so obviously stolen.
If enough of us marked our electronics we could quite possibly make it just not worth stealing the stuff in the first place. Now I know that eventually the fence will sell it on at the same price that he always did to some unsuspecting twit who can't even read BUT he runs a greater risk for carrying stolen goods because he might get caught holding them and he WILL give the thief less money for it.
Come on everyone - How long will it take? Five minutes of your time. What have you got to lose?
If enough of us do it it WILL make a difference.
OK, it's been mentioned before and it's just an idea but the time has come for proper, coordinated action. Here is the plan:
Get an indelible pen (available on-line) but a lot of CD Markers are just as good and write your name and address on your TV, DVD, Laptop etc. For the less intelligent amongst us not over the screen eh?
Now I KNOW that it won't stop petty crime BUT a lot of petty thieves pass their stuff on to a middle man for cash. In turn, the fence will not pay the same money for an item that was so obviously stolen.
If enough of us marked our electronics we could quite possibly make it just not worth stealing the stuff in the first place. Now I know that eventually the fence will sell it on at the same price that he always did to some unsuspecting twit who can't even read BUT he runs a greater risk for carrying stolen goods because he might get caught holding them and he WILL give the thief less money for it.
Come on everyone - How long will it take? Five minutes of your time. What have you got to lose?
If enough of us do it it WILL make a difference.